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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Amazon.ca has announced its third annual ranking of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in Canada – according to internal sales data of romance novels, sex and relationship books, romantic comedy DVDs and Michael Bublé CDs since January 1, 2012, on a per capita basis in cities with over 80,000 residents.  The Top 20 Most Romantic Canadian cities are: Read the rest of this entry »

Uniiverse, the platform for collaborative living, was launched worldwide today. Stating that it is not a social network, the company is the first online platform to take an offline approach for its users.  Doing-away with status updates and virtual friends, Uniiverse is all about trust, the sharing economy, and face-to-face interactions. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking for love in all the wrong places? Look no further! Citytv is launching a nationwide search to find the most eligible bachelorettes in the country for the first-ever season of original reality series The Bachelor Canada. Beginning Sunday, Feb. 19 in Vancouver, the six-city casting tour will also make stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. The Bachelor Canada begins principal photography this spring and will debut on Citytv this fall. Read the rest of this entry »

“There’s an app for that” may apply to more than four in ten Canadian businesses before the year is over, a new survey by Robert Half Technology shows. Thirty-one per cent of CIOs polled recently said their companies already offer a mobile application, while another 12 per cent said they plan to offer one in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has launched the latest version of Fairshare Traffic Management, a turn-key product for mobile congestion management and analytics that maximizes users’ quality of experience and extends the life of network infrastructure investment. Sandvine’s Fairshare Traffic Management 4.0 introduces a new dynamic control system which measures the achieved network quality and acts to maximize it. Read the rest of this entry »

iStockphoto has released a new app that lets anyone create fast, fun and free e-cards for use on Facebook. The company also announced the results of an in-depth consumer study that revealed more people are turning to e-cards now instead of traditional cards. Read the rest of this entry »

Cinematic 2D action brawler Shank™ 2 from Klei Entertainment and EA Partners is now available on the PlayStation®Network and PC in North America for $9.99 USD. The game will be available tomorrow on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points and on PlayStation®Network in Europe for €9.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media has renewed breakout original hit, Bomb Girls. With the initial six-part miniseries concluding tomorrow on Global at 8pm ET/PT, the Canadian wartime drama has been green lit for 12 new episodes. Development on the additional episodes will begin shortly and start of production will be announced at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc. and Malaysia-based IPTV technology solution provider Select-TV have announced a new partnership that will introduce TransGaming’s GameTree™ TV into the hospitality market internationally. This partnership extends the GameTree TV reach and consumer audience by delivering high quality on-demand interactive entertainment to hotels, cruise liners, and hospitals in Asia and the Middle-East. In addition, GameTree TV will now reach consumer homes in Malaysia, Singapore, and India. Through this partnership, GameTree TV is expected to deploy within these markets by late Spring 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw has announced the launch of its upgraded network – Shaw EXO™. The network provides customers with the best in entertainment and technology offerings and brings a wealth of possibilities for the future. With great new services like stunning 1080p High-Definition quality on the Shaw Gateway, On Demand television content from Global, CTV and Citytv, and SHAW EXO WiFi coming soon, the enhanced network delivers the latest in technology to customers. Read the rest of this entry »